WHAT IS
Bank of Ireland
JUNK KOUTURE?

Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture is a national contest which encourages young designers in second level education to create striking couture designs and impressive works of wearable art from everyday junk that would normally find its way into the bin. Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture aims to inspire and ignite passion in these teenagers while at the same time subtly educating them about the importance of recycling and reusing waste. Over the last seven years, Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture has established itself as the premier recycled fashion competition for teenagers throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland and in 2015 extended it’s creative platform to Scotland.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The competition is launched annually in September with information packs being sent to all secondary schools across the country. Students are challenged to create a wearable couture design and submit the photos of their finished outfit online by midnight on January 26th 2018. A maximum of three students can work on a single design. The rules stipulate that designs must be made from reworked trash or other used materials that are beyond their intended purpose.

The next step involves the judges whittling the submitted designs down to just 400 (with 80 getting through from the north, south, west, east and Dublin). The successful designs (regional finalists) will be announced on the 8th of February at 7:00pm via the BOI Students Facebook page, and subsequently the students must choreograph a performance to showcase their outfit on the catwalk in one of five regional semi-finals held in theatres across the country (See venue details for more information). The chosen model has 60 seconds to impress the judging panel on the catwalk and if successful he/ she will be one of the twenty designs progressing to the glamorous grand final on the 19th April 2018 held in the 3Arena Dublin

2018 Judges

Pippa O’Connor

Louis Walsh

Tracy Fahey

Stephen Mc Laughlin

Jane Leavey

Student Judges 2018

Adelina Hmelevska

North

Ruth Gallagher

East

EmmaRose Callaghan

Dublin

Meabh O’Hanrahan

West

Niall Kelly

South

2018 PRIZES

Winning School

€2,500 cash Junk Kouture Trophy

Winning Team

iPad Minis for the winning team and teacher

€500 cash

Junk Kouture Trophy

Regional Winners

The 5 regional winning teams and their teacher will win a trip to Cannes Film Festival in May.

Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize (Model Prize)

2 dresses/outfits and their models will be chosen to attend the The Royal Film Premiere in London (subject to the limited number of invites from the Royal Film Premiere, this prize is for the model only)

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